Researchers using glow-in-the-dark sneezes find the most effective homemade face mask in fighting COVID-19 is a stitched quilted cotton one, with droplets from coughs and sneezes spreading only 2. ...

In our approach, the functional molecule will be weaved together with other building blocks, like glucose, into functional threads.” This cotton was grown with molecules that endow fluorescence.

Researchers in Britain have found an unusual tool for tracking down sources of sewage pollution: Tampons. Glowing tampons, specifically. It's cheap and easy, and it works for the same reason that ...